Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Language:
English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions:

None.

Provenance:

Mrs. Frank Waters

Acquisition Information:

Formerly in the possession of Mrs. Frank Waters, a great grand-daughter of Miss Lind. Sold to a dealer who in turn sold it
to Mr. Samuel Stark. Mr. Stark gave it to Stanford in the summer of 1963.

Publication rights:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For
permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Jenny Lind, born Johanna Maria Lind in Stockholm, Sweden, 6 October 1820, was an operatic and oratorio soprano who made her
debut in Stockholm in 1838. Her final opera appearance was in 1849. In 1850 she toured the United States with P. T. Barnum
and in 1852 married her accompaniest, Otto Goldschmidt. Lind and her husband lived in Dresden, Germany and from 1856 on, in
England. She died 2 November 1887.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains correspondence (1835-1919), financial papers, musical compositions, and other papers. Included are
published and unpublished biographical material about Miss Lind, a manuscript copy of her contract with P. T. Barnum (1849),
scores used by her in concerts and dedication pieces of contemporary composers, an autobiographical sketch of Otto Goldschmidt,
papers pertaining to his composition "Ruth" and his work with the Bach Choir of London, manuscripts of his musical compositions,
and compositions by Julius Benedict (1804-1885), Niels W. Gade (1817-1890), Adolf F. Lindblad (1801-1878), and Karl Reinecke
(1824-1910).

Otto Goldschmidt musical composition in manuscript. Includes, "Cantate" (130 Psalm), song "Lightly we met in the morn," "Rondo
Caprice," "Prelude for the first tableau of the Tale of Troy," "Legende" (for violin)

Box 4, Folder 36

C. J. Hopkins, song "Fare Thee Well"

Box 4, Folder 37

W. Taubert, original score of
1847

Box 4, Folder 38

Jenny Lind's music. Some of the scores from which she san and sheet music which is dedicted to her. The music is by Jules
Benedict, Donizetti, F. Chopin, N. Dalayrac, Carl Reinecke, F. Mendelssohn, Edwin Tiedner, Beethoven and Belletti

Box 4, Folder 39

Same as #38. Rossini, E. O. Geyer and A. F. Lindblad. Includes some folk airs.